Spooler.



No. 677,270. Patented June 25, Hill. A. E. RHUADES.

SPOULER.

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1900.; (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet l.

No, 677,270. Patented June 25, I90l. A. E. RHUADES.

SPODLER.

(Application flied Oct. 19, 1900., (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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No. 677,270. Patented June 25, l90l.

' A. E. RHOADES- S P U 0 L E R (Application filed Oct. 19, 1900.}

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(No Model.)

NlTED STATES ATENT Fries.

ALONZO E. RIIOADES, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE AND PORTLAND, MAINE.

SPOOLER.

SEECIFZCJ-lTlfiN part of Letters Patent No. 677,270, dated June 25,1901. Application filed Ootoher 19, 1900- Serial No. 33,637. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO E. RHOADES, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hopedale, in the county of XVorcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Spoolers, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

Thisinvention relates to spoofing-machines; and it has for its objectthe production of means for readily removing the spent bobbins from thevicinity of the bobbin-holders and conveying them to a suitablereceptacle.

In the apparatus forming the subject-matter of my present invention Iemploy bobbinholders so constructed as to permit the automatic ejectionof a spent bobbin byor through the insertion of a full bobbin, the spentand ejected bobbins being removed to a suitable point by means of anendless traveling con 'veyer, so that the attendant can give his wholeattention to the insertion of full bobbins and piecing up broken ends.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, centrally broken out, of a spoolerembodying one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionalView thereof on the line w as, Fig. 1, looking toward the right. Fig. isa similar View looking toward the left, taken on the line so 50, Fig. 1;and Fig. 4 is a top or plan View of the tension-regulating device forthe endless conveyer.

Referring to Fig. 1, the main frame A, drum-shaft A for driving thespindles on which are mounted the spools A to receive the thread fromthe bobbins, the intermediate gearing M, Fig. 3, between the shaft A andthe traverse mechanism, the rods or shafts 13, upon which thebobbin-holders are secured, and the threadguidest may be and are all ofwell-known or usual construction.

I have herein shown the bobbin-holders of substantially the constructionillustrated in United States Patent No. 645,417,dated March 13, 1900,each comprising an overhanging arm A, clamped at its lower end to therod 13, a rest or pan cl for the bobbin being secured to a bracket 1) onthe arm, and, as in said patent, the upright part of the arm at the rearof the rest d is cut away to form a discharge-opening for the ejectionof a spent bobbin, a gate or closure m being provided for the opening,pivoted at m in ears a on the arm A The fulcrum m is inclined, and aweighted arm m on the gate norm ally closes it until opened by a spentbobbin which is pushed out by the insertion of a full bobbin at thefront of the holder. As is usual in spoofing-machines, the spindles areherein shown as arranged in two series at the upper part of the machine,and at the front and back thereof, respectively, on suitablelongitudinal spindle-rails S, and in the space below the spindle-railsand back of the bobbinholders I have mounted a longitudinally-extendedchute or trough composed of side pieces G, supported on brackets Aforming a part of the frame of the apparatus, the said sides beinginclined downward and inward, as shown in Fig. 2, and at the left-handside of the machine, viewing Fig. 1, an inclined end piece G is insertedbet-ween the sides of the chute, which is thus open at the top andbottom, the bottom, however, being constructed as an endless travelingconveyor. 1 have herein shown the conveyer as an endless fiexible belt 0which is mounted on drums 1) D the upper run of the belt traveling inthe direction of the arrow 10, Fig. 1, between the lower portions of thesides G of the chute, which sides constitute inclined guides to directthe spent bobbins upon the belt when they are ejected from the backs ofthe bobbin-holders. The drum D is mounted in a fixed bearing D and itsshaft has fast thereon a bevel-gear d, (see Fig. 2,) in mesh with abevel-pini0n c1 fast on a shaft c1 forming a portion of the train ofgearing M, whereby the drum D is positively rotated to impartalongitudinal movement to the belt or conveyer O The lower run of thesaid belt passes over an idler-roll D and in order to adjust the tensionof the belt or conveyer I have so mounted the drum D that it also servesas a belt-tightener. The jour nals c1 of the said drum are mounted inbearings (Z or" a frame D (see Fig. 4,) which is provided withlaterallyextended ears (Z notched or recessed to embraceforwardly-extended guides (Z of a support D the latter having at eachside upright wings c1 extended above and below the support and which arefastened to one of the upright portions of the main frame of theapparatus to rigidly maintain the support D in fixed position, as shownin Fig. 1, the arms 61 being elevated above the plane of the main partof the support D It will be seen thatthe frame D can slide back andforth on the support D in the support D a set-screw 01 passing into thelug c1 and serving to clamp the sliding frame in position when adjusted.The said frame is provided with athreaded (125, which engages a threadedshaft (1, rotatably mounted in a bearing d and the support D said shafthaving fast thereon a bevel-pinion 61 which meshes with a bevelgear 61the shaft of the latter being rotatably mounted in a bearing d on thesupport D the shaft having its outer end made square or polygonal, as atd ,so as to be engaged by a suitable key or wrench.

By rotating the gear 6 36 in one direction or the other it will bemanifest from the foregoing that the screw d will be rotated to slidethe frame D in or out upon thesupport D to decrease or increase thetension of the belt O Referring to Fig. 1, a box or other suitablereceptacle B is mounted at or near the righthand side of the apparatusand just beyond and below the drum D said receptacle being designed toreceive the spent bobbins as they leave the belt when the latter passesaround the said drum, and in order to insure the displacement of thespent bobbins from the belt I have mounted upon forward extensions ofthe bearings (Z of the sliding frame a transverse clearer D which issubstantially a blade extended across and adjacent to the face of thebelt as it passes around the drumD the said blade being inclined, asshown in Fig. 1, and with its lower edge overhanging the open mouth ofthe box or receptacle B As the spent bobbins reach the clearer they areslipped or scraped off, if necessary, thus preventing any sticking oraccidental adhesion of the bobbin to the belt.

With the bobbin-holders herein described provided with means at theirhacks for the ejection of the spent bobbins, when the full bobbin isinserted at the front or outer end of the holder it will be manifestthat the scribed, and the inclined sides of the latter will guide thespent bobbins to the traveling conveyer O by which latter they will beconveyed to and deposited in the receptacle B The attendant can thusdirect his en.- tire attention to the piecing up'of ends and tomaintaining full bobbins in the bobbinhOlders, so that the highestproduction of which the apparatus is capable will be attained, becausethe time of the attendant is not taken up in taking out spent bobbinsand conveying them to a box or receptacle.

The life of the bobbins themselves is enhanced by the apparatus hereinshown, as

the bobbins are not roughly tossed about from various parts of theapparatus to a box or trough, as is now the usual custom, such customresulting ina large percentage of split, splintered, and broken bobbins;

My invention is not restricted to the precise construction andarrangement herein shown and described, as the same is changed andarranged in various ways without departin g from the spirit and scope ofmy invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. In a spooler, a series ofbobbin-holders each provided with means to permit ejection of the spentbobbin, a chute to receive the spent bobbins from the holders, atraveling bottom for the chute to convey the bobbins therefrom, aclearer to positively remove the bobbins from said traveling bottom at apre determined point, and a receptacle adjacent the clearer and intowhich the bobbins are directed thereby.

2. In a spooler, two oppositely-arranged-series of bobbin-holders eachprovided at its inner end with means to permit the ejection of a spentbobbin, an endless, traveling belt between the series of holders,inclined guides to direct the spent bobbins tothe belt and prevent theirlateral removal therefrom, and a clearer to remove the bobbins from thebelt at a predetermined point.

In testimony whereof I- have signed my name to this specification in-thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALON'ZO E. RHOA-DES. vWitnesses:

GEORGE OTIS DRAPER,

ERNEST W. 001);

